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Indonesian Author Faces Blasphemy Probe for Short Stories
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. Human Rights Watch is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 19 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Indonesian Author Faces Blasphemy Probe for Short Stories”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Indonesian police in September began investigating Feby Indirani, the author of the short story collection Memburu Muhammad (Hunting for Muhammad), for alleged blasphemy after an Islamist group allegedly intervened with the organizers of a literary festival at which Indirani was to appear.
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